Religious Freedom – Malaysia

By Hannah Beech, Dharisha Bastians and Kai Schultz | The New York Times JAKARTA, Indonesia — The deadly attacks in Sri Lanka on Sunday highlighted how easily religious coexistence can be ripped apart in a region where secularism is weakening ... Full Article

By Kate Mayberry | Al Jazeera Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – A Malaysian human rights commission inquiry into the abduction of two people more than two years ago has found that the pair was probably disappeared by the intelligence branch of the ... Full Article

By Ewelina U. Ochab | Forbes At the end of March 2019, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), in cooperation with the International Panel of Parliamentarians for Freedom of Religion or Belief (IPPFoRB), published a new report ... Full Article

By The Independent A Malaysian will serve 10 years in jail for insulting Islam and Prophet Muhammad on social media. Critics claimed the 10-year sentence is considered the harshest penalty ever made by a Muslim-majority nation. In recent months, ... Full Article

By Ruth K’lama | Mission Network News Malaysia (MNN) – Last fall, a Member of Parliament in Malaysia issued a public call for religious freedom, the first of its kind, according to the Religious Freedom Institute. Ms. Kasthuri Patto was ... Full Article

By Asia News Kuala Lumpur (AsiaNews) – The deterioration of religious freedom in Malaysia worries not only the country’s Christians and other minorities, but also Muslims who make up about 62 per cent of the its population, this according to ... Full Article

By Trinna Leong | The Straits Times The Malaysian state of Sarawak announced it would amend state laws on conversion, following a court case involving three people seeking to have their conversion to Islam reversed. Sarawak Chief Minister Abang ... Full Article

By Rozanna Latiff | Reuters KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – A Malaysian state amended its Islamic laws on Wednesday to allow public canings, sparking criticism that the change was unconstitutional and could infringe on the rights of religious ... Full Article

POH, Malaysia — Nov 10, 2014, 1:54 AM ET By EILEEN NG Associated Press It was the last round of a recurring argument: M. Indira Gandhi’s husband wanted her to convert to Islam. A committed Hindu, she refused. He threatened divorce. Both ... Full Article

(Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin) – Little inflames Malaysia’s Muslim fundamentalists more than the fact that Malaysian Christians use the word “Allah,” even though it is just the Malay word for God, adopted from Arabic centuries ago. ... Full Article

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